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Tim Omaha Daily Be, FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROBHJWATKR. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha poatofflc aa eond claa matter. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. I'Uljr ft i without Sunday), on jrer..M Illjr Be i,nl Sunday on year Sunday II,,, on, y,ar IM Saturday be, or year 1 DEUVERED BT CARRIER, pally Bee (Including Sunday), pr wek..e Dally Hee (without Sunday), per week. ..10c Evening Dec (without Bunday), per wrck.eo Evening llee (with Sunday), per wk....l0o Address alt complaint of Irregularis la delivery to City Circulation Department OKF1CE8. OmahaThe Be riuildlng. 8oulh Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluff 16 Scott Street. . Chicago-lio Unity Building. Kew Vork lfl Home Llf fnsursne Bldg Washington 601 Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter ihould be addressed, Omaha Bee, Editorial Department REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, e press or poatal order, payable to Th Bee Publishing Company. Only t-cent itamii received In payment of mall account. Personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. - r - STATEMENT OT CIRCULATION. Stnte of Nebraska, Douglas County. . Charle C. Roewtr, general mane r' of Th Be Pulllihing Company, being duly sworn, mvi that th actual number or run and complete rople of Th L'aiir, Morning, Evening and Sunday Be prlntid during th month of May, 191. was follow: 1 38.0(10 II 5.70 . 1 89,510 Jf 3,0OO I 98,390 tO 38,970 4 38.410 II 38,090 1 34,300 ti 38,810 6 38,880 21 38,890 T 38.480 ft 88,890 1 38,680 l 38,800 1 35,730 If.,; 34,000 It 33.3S0 IT 88180 11 88,390 tl 38,810 II 34,650 II 38,010 II 88,438 10 38,830 14 88,380 11 38,810 -II 88,330 1 1 88,480 Total... 1,08,000 17 35,360 Lea unaold and returned oople 9,887 Xt total 1.038.P83 Dally average ; 39,003 CHARLES C. ROSBWATER, General Manager. ' Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before m thi list day of May, HOT. (Seal) M. B. H UNO ATE, Notary Public. WHEN OUT Or TOWS. 8absrlber leavlnaT th lty tem porarily akoald bar Tb Bar changed a often as raested. San Francisco note: Schmiti qultz. Prospects are good that the last remnant of alot machine gambling In Omaha must go. Editor Watterson says that his dark horse has "a winning smile." Also a Jolly borne laugh, we presume. Marry Orchard might plead that Idaho has no Jurisdiction In hta rase. He operated in Interstate commerce territory. - - ; Dr. -Wiley now explains that it la not pie, but the Ailing of the pie, that Is dangerous to health. The boarding house pie is vindicated. ' , The Duma has been dissolved, but the czar would rest easier if a storm ignal were hot flying 'from the place where the Duma disappeared. ' - Harry Orchard could not have been a very good union man, after all. - He could not have killed all those people If he worked but eight hours a day. "The idea that John D. Rockefeller owns the earth ia an Idle pipe dream," says Chancellor Day of Syracuse uni versity. An idle oil-pipe dream, to be exact. A Baltimore paper observes that Thomas Jefferson wag not' an orator like Bryan. Mr. Jefferson was too busy to work at being an orator all the time. Enthusiasm over the return of Omaha's trade boosters could hardly be excelled by anything short of the capture of the pennant by the Omaha ball team. It is' unofficially reported that the manufacturers of dyspepsia cures are greatly pleased with Dr. Wiley's ad vice to people to swallow their meat without chewing it J. Plerpont Morgan has Junt paid , 300,000 for the Stroszl collection of marbles. Remember when you used I to beat the Strozzl kind out of his ' marbles by playing "keeps?" As matter of faet the publication of last year's free pasa list by the vari ous Nebraska railroads would In all probability bo much more Interesting than the publication of this year's list. The railroad lawyers evidently knew what they were doing when they se lected the court presided over by Judge Smith McPheraon in which to make their stand against the Missouri rate laws. The police board has dismissed a police officer for intoxication while on duty. Members of the police and fire departments ought to have discovered . by this time that the new police board means business. Hard luck appears to pursue James J. Hill. Just as he had folded his : hands and prepared for "the end of republican government," the Northern Pacl&o directors got together and made a "noise like aa extra 10 per cent dividend. Governor Cummins has made It spe cifically plain that he Is In favor of tariff revision and reciprocity and will endeavor to have the Iowa delegation to the republican national convention Instructed along those lines. It Lesr He M. Shaw wants really to enjoy him self he wUi arrange to spend hl vaca tion la Iowa this y vnrroRX tiAttWAt accovkts. Undoubtedly ' the most Important step the federal government has taken In the development of administrative supervision over a quasi-public busi ness like that of the railways Is the order ot the Interstate Commerce com mission promulgating a uniform sys tem of accounts to b followed by railways doing an Interstate business. The system will go into effect July 1, and after that date monthly reports must be filed by the railroads with the representatives of the federal govern ment. The system adopted has been d lac u need by accounting officials of all the leading railways, and while some railroad officials do not approve of It In detail all agree that It Is the best yet suggested and unquestionably will serve the purpose for which it is de signed. The most significant feature of the new uniform accounting system is a provision that railroad companies shall not charge additions and im provements to operating expenses, but shall state these items In a separate account by themselves. A deprecia tion account is also provided. This will at once remove one of the most troublesome problems that has hereto fore stood in the way of ascertaining the valuation of railroads, the differ ence between gross and net earnings and the basic value of new securities offered. It Is charged that railroad managers have been too' much dis posed, when earnings were at a high level, to distribute them In liberal dlv idejds and then secure capital needed for Improvements and extensions by Issuing new bonds or other securities. It would have been much better to have kept dividends within a mod erate limit and to have devoted a por tion of the earnings to betterments. This would have strengthened the roads financially and physically and would have avoided the difficulties that have marked the efforts toward undue expansion ot stock and securi ties. If the railroads had pursued such a policy as the government now propose to make obligatory they would not be ton years behind the de velopment of the country, as Mr. Hill and other well posted railway mag nates say they are now. The practice of Increasing dividends and capital stock simultaneously has been carried too far by the railroads and ia the real cause of the financial impairment of which the railroads now complain and attempt to lay the blame upon "the hostile attitude of the public." Immediate beneficial results are ex pected to follow the adoption of tho new accounting system. The, monthly reports furnished will enable the In terstate Commerce commission to pre sent fully and clearly the condition of each, railroad company and enable the Investors and the public to judge of the relation ot receipts and expendi tures, of 'assets '8nd -liabilities, and furnish a relief from the old' system 6f railway report, which, were noted most for what they concealed. Such information ' should strengthen the confidence of tho investor and enable properly managed roads to Secure all tho financial support needed for legiti mate purposes. The decision -of the Interstate Commerce commission, therefore, promises to do for the rail roads what they have been unable to do themselves. DlSSOr UTIOX OF THE DUMA. While the Russian reactionaries have succeeded In Jnducing the czar to dissolve the Duma and to violate the Imperial pledges' regarding tho election laws, present conditions do not warrant the belief that the friends ot liberal Institutions have any cause tor serious or lasting grief over the action. The imperial ukase of Octo ber 30, 1905, specifically bound the czar to mako no change in the elec toral system without the consent of the Duma. This was made a condi tion by French and other bankers be fore they would agree to certain loans which Russia was then negotiating. The czar has violated this obligation and haa ordered a change in the elec toral law which will narrowly restrict the franchise and make the new Duma an organization that will be dominated by the czar and his ad visers. The encouraging feature of the situation to the friends ot free govern ment is the czar's declaration that he hag, no intention to abandon the prin ciple of a representative assembly. The more enlightened members of tho Duma are disposed to accept the dis solution of the body with good grace, feeling that perhaps the czar's plan may result in' a new Duma, less radi cal and hostile to the Imperial regime and therefore more potent in ad vancing tho reforms desired, with full constitutional liberty as the final goal. A well selected Duma Is more likely to solve the more serious problems of the Russian people than a Duma com posed, as was the present one. ot groups of extremists seeking advan age of their own class without regard to the rights ot others, and with but scant appreciation of even the rudi mentary principles of self government. Tho czar's excuse for tho dissolution of tho Duma is flimsy, vague and hopelessly Inadequate. Its refusal to comply with the Imperial demand for the expulsion of fifty-five fit its mem bers ona trumped-up charge of high treason jd to tho tall of the Parllr ment ana tho new election ukase. " situation therefore to the credit of tho Dumaand the friends of consti tutional government. The very meth ods by whA-h the reactionaries have won a temiWary advantage are cer tain to maK tho victory lllualouary TIIE OMAHA and short lived. The political portion o the Russian people Is being broad ened with each clash between the re actionaries and the representatives of the masses and the result Is certain in the end to be the triumph of con stitutional government and the over throw of autocracy. A PLACE TO GO SLOW. A proposition has been presented to the Board of Education to make an allowance out of the school treasury to reimburse teachers assigned to dis tant schools for the car fare expended for transportation to and from work during the school year. It strikes us that this is a good place to go slow and that to Increase the salaries of certain school teachers outside of the regular schedule prevailing alt over the city on this pretext would open the door to grave abuses. There is no question that the con venience and accommodation of the teacher should be taken into consid eration in the assignment ot schools Insofar as they do not conflict with the requirements of discipline and the best interests of the children who are to receive Instruction. The teachers should be given schools, as far as pos sible, that are reasonably accessible to them, but because a teacher prefers to live at a distance from the school In which he or she Is employed Is no conclusive reason why the taxpayers should be called upon to pay for the privilege. On the same theory that the car faro would be reimbursed, teachers in schools remote from their homes or boarding places might ask to have the school board provide their lunches for them as well and the dis tant assignment may become a prize instead of a bogle. The salary schedule and conditions of service in the Omaha public schools are so much better than those that prevail In other cities and towns In this vicinity that there should be no difficulty in keeping the teachers' corps up to full numbers without spe cial Inducements, and If the school dis trict ever gets into position financially to be more generous to the teachers It should do so, by revising the salary schedule so that it applies to all alike. SENATOR MORGAN'S SUCCESSOR. By commission of Governor Comer of Alabama John II. Bankhead, for many years a membei of congress, has been appointed to succeed the late John Tyler Morgan In the United States senate and will be elected, when the legislature meets In July, to the full term of six years from March 4, 1907, his appointment and election being the result of one of the most unique: and questionable campaigns in tho history of American politics. For more than a year Mr. Bankhead has held quRsl-credentlals for Senator Morgan's shoes, having been endorsed at the- primary elections in his state as an alternate to Senator Morgan, who was endorsed at the same prima ries for another six-year term, begin ning March 4 of the present year. The condition in Alabama politics was a little peculiar at the time of the primaries. Mr. Bankhead, who had been in congress twenty years, had been defeated by , Richmond Pearson Hobson. State resentment over the action of the voters of Bankhead's dis trict led to placing Bankhead on the primary ticket as an alternate to Sen ator Morgan. So far as Senator Mor gan waa concerned he was then stur dily and vigorously performing his du ties in the senate and showed no signs of the physical weakness which caused his death last week. The voters of the state, however, in their misguided enthusiasm for Bankhead, practically served notice on Senator Morgan that, he was a doomed man! that they did not expect him to live to serve out his term and that hts successor bad been selected and was only waiting for him to die. The "alternate" performance was an Insult to -Senator Morgan to be characterized as politically Indecent. Senator Bankhead is considered a com petent man for the Morgan succession, but even he must regret the grave robbing tint of his credentials. INTEREST OS STATE DEPOSITS. It Is announced from Lincoln that all but one of the Omaha banks have refused to accept the .state treasurer's requirement that depository banks pay 8 per rent on state money from July 1 instead ot 2 per cent, as now. Omaha -bankers, and bankera any where else in the state for that mat ter, have a perfect right to retu.se to accept state deposits on the terms offered. If they see fit, but if the state treasurer finds that he can place the state money In safe depositories will ing to pay 3 per cent the Omaha banks must not complain if he withdraws the funds which they have been keeping and opens new accounts outside. The state deposits are, doubtless, no longer an Important factor In Omaha banking and the payment of 3 per cent to the state as contrasted with 2 per cent to the city, school dis trict and county might lead to Invidi ous comparisons. But a little matter of discrimination as between different deposits ot public moneys never trou bled the local banks, because tor years they held on to the county money without crediting tho county up with any Interest, although they were pay ing the city the agreed rate on city balances. ' The truth Is that, with the general prosperity of the banking business and tho Increase ot deposits and private accounts, tho prestige of being a state depository has lost much of its value, and when measured In dollars and cents at the rate of 1 per oent Interest DAILY IJEEt WEDNESDAY, the local banks apparently do not con sider it worth the money. The city law department Is said to be drawing an ordinance to restrict the billboard nuisance In Omaha. We have had a long succession of ordl nances to restrict the billboard nuisance In Omaha drawn and pre sented to the council, but when it came to the crucial point the city author! ties have always weakened and knuckled down to the billboard men. It remains to be seen whether the present mayor and council have the backbone necessary to put the un sightly billboard out of business. "Among the people who greeted the president at Oyster Bay," says a news paper report, "none attracte'd so much attention as a woman who carried two children in her arms and led another by the hand." Naturally. A woman with three arms would attract atten tion any place even in a dime mu seum. The Omaha Ministerial association wants the baccalaureate sermon preached to the high school graduates Ijereafter In the Auditorium In order to provide for a larger audience. Has anyone heard of any church heretofore selected for the baccalaureate sermon turning people away by the thousands? Give the Union Pacific credit for at least one thing: In making Its special newspaper contracts, as disclosed by the list of names of editors holding exchange mileage, it has not drawn any discriminating line on political affilia tions, but has taken in democrats, re publicans and nondescripts alike. "Why do tramps drink?" is tire sub ject of a dissertation by Dr. B. L. Relt- man, the Chicago sociologist who achieved some near-fame recently by giving a banquet to hoboes. Chances are tramps drink because they are thirsty. The newly appointed successor ot Mayor Schmitz of San . Francisco is Mayor James Gallagher. San Fran cisco's Mayor "Jim," however, will have to take on a lively gait to trot in the same class with . Omaha's Mayor "Jim." Senator LaFollette has been hunt ing in Colorado for ten days, but as the press has not recorded any In crease In the mortality list of bobcats it is not certain that the senator is to be a presidential candidate. "Harrlman and Hill are fine fel lows; both friends of mine," says Sen ator Depew. . There seems to be no end to the knocking on Harriman and Hill. ' A Ifotnlil Record. New York Svenlng Post. If there were no Instructive legislation to the governor's credit, his vetoes alone would entitle him to public esteem. To gether legislation and vetoes are attract ing national attention. eektnar an Endorser. lcago Record-Herald. James J. Hill thinks the government will have to assist the railroads to raise money for the purpose of making Im provements. Perhaps Mr. Hill' wih la farther to the thought. I'nt on th I,ld. Brooklyn Bogle. Japanese of a certain class seem spoil ing for a fight with thla country. Remem bering our own jingoes who have so often declared hostilities on papor, we can afford to be patient while the firm-handed govern ment at Toklo calms these people down a bit. Calls for Chans of Tan. Kansas City Journal. But why should Colonel Bryan And fault with Mr. Roosevelt for "stealing" his plat form! If he can't get Into office to carry out hts policies, it ahould be gratifying to him to see them carried out by a man who can. Colonel Bryan should be hurrahing vociferously for Roosevelt instead of charg ing htm with theft. Looklna; Backward. Plttaburg Dispatch. Concerning .Mry J. J. Hill s dictum that th government must, lend Its credit to the railroads to enable them to make exten sions and Improvements, It may recall th fact that th government did that very thing less than forty years ago. It proved highly profitable to promoters, but waa not quite satisfactory to the government or th people. JEFFKKSON'S WARM BLAST. Aathor of th Declaration Gives ''Jl. tare Fakrra" Stiff Dlar. New Tork Evening Post. If the "nature fakers" should go Into politics, the Democrats could point com placently to the fact that the founder of their party. Instead of warring with mere popular authors, cam successfully out of at least one scientific controversy with the great Buffon himself. Mr. Jefferson's ac counts of species In which h was Inter, ested ara quit as minute as Mr. Roose velt's, and th Rev. Mr. Long would un doubtedly find them much less bloodthirsty. Th recent sketch of Alexander Wilson, by Dr. J. 8. Wilson, contain a letter writ ten In 1806 to the pioneer ornithologist worthy to be bracketed with recent White House magaslne article. Jefferson wrote: "A you arc ourloua In blrda ther la one welt worthy your attention to be found or rather heard In tvery part of America and yet scarcely ever to be seen. It 1 in all the forest from spring to fall, and never but on the top of the tallest trees, from which It perpetually Serenade us with some of the aweeteat note, and aa clear a those of th nightingale. I hav fol lowed It mile without ever but ono get ting a view of it; It I the slae and make ot the mocking bird, lightly thrush colored on the back, and a grayish white on the breast and belly." Th bird found "never but on th top of th tallest treoa," ha since been Iden tified with a k!cle of such different habit from those described as to be called th "ground robin.' but th error la pardonable. At th same time, the author of th Declaration wn not always tolerant of those who differed wtth him about wild life. His wgrds hav again a familiar ring when he says of Dalnes Har rington, who denlad the American origin of th turkey, that "the argument h pro duce are such as none but a head, en tangled and kinked as bla la, would vr hav urged," JUNE 19, 1907. ARMY UOftSlP I.f. WASHlUTOX. Cwrrat Events Gleaned frwn the Army and Ji?r Register. Officer of th signal corpa are awaiting with Interest the completion of th gas generating riant, balloon house and other work necessary for the establishment of a well equipped balloon station at Fort Omaha, Neb. Thla plant la Intended to generate hydrogen gna by a new system In which steam and Iron filings ar employed and It I believed that the gaa can be pro duced even cheaper than Illuminating gaa I at present. The present cost ot hydro gen when made by the cheapest of the systems la about twice that of Illuminating ira. When the plant Is ready for use a balloon now awaiting trial at Fort Omaha will be put Into the ar. Thla balloon dis places 15.000 cublo feet. The balloon re cently tested In a flight mad from Wash ington by Captain Charlea Do F. Chandler of the signal corpa and accepted by the government after this satisfactory trip, requires 78.000 cubic feet of gaa. Illuminat ing gaa was used on Captain Chandler's trip, when the total amount lifted. Includ ing the balloon, three passengers, para phernalia, ballast, etc., waa 1,401 pounds. If hydrogen gas had been employed, the lifting power of the balloon would have been about 8,600 pounds, or over twice aa much. Teats' will be mad next week at Fort Leavenworth of field wireless sets having the latest Improvements which hav been made In th algnal corps laboratory in Washington under direction of Major Edgar Russell of that corpa. Thee testa will be made during the maneuver of the troop forming the garrison of that poat. which will be held aa an Incident of the graduation exeiclses of the algnal and other service schools there. Major Russell will be at Fort Leavenworth at that time to observe the workings of the Improve- j ment. While no radical changes have j been made In the Instruments, Important changes have be n made In the details with a view of Increasing the efficiency and reliability. Thq War department has annrnved tho recommendation of the chief slanal officer of the army for an allotment for the nnr. cnane or the telephone camera from abroad. Thl camera makes a new denarture in the art of telephotography. The army signal corps haa made use of nhotornhlc apparatus In the field and has also had ome experience In photographing from aues ana na noons. In photographing from kites promising results have been ob tained by the use of ordinary cameras. However, In order to get photographs of large enough alae to be of anv use In the ahowtng of details of distant objects, the cameras hitherto have been .very bulky. inia telephot camera appears to supply a want In that direction, since It furnishes photographa showing details In distant onjecta without a corresponding Increase In the alae of the camera and has. rmu. qurntly, a probable value for military pur poses. Tho type which will be purchased glvea an enlargement six times. The camera will be teated from the military Daiioon. Referring to the deplorable accident to tho Minnesota's steam launch, all tho newspaper account have contained the statement that the boat must have been run down .and cut In two, otherwise it would havo been kept afloat by ita water light tank. The statement la wholly In error, as these launches will not float when filled with water, as haa repeatedly been ehown by tha simple fact that every time thoy fill with water they sink, and this can be demonstrated at any time by testing any launch In the fleet while equipped with canopy, etc., for regular sorvice work. The navy ha lot a con slderable number of launches In this man ner, or haa been put to tho trouble of raising them from the bottom. Moreover, these launches are veritable death traps In case of an accident in bad weather, because they carry a heavy roof-like canopy, extending from the forecastle to the atern, and In rainy or rough weather the aides are completely enclosed by can vas curtains, securely lashed to th roof and the rail of the boat, thus forming a canvas dock house, which encloses all the occupants of the boat, both passengers and crew, and without a single opening, except a peep hole In the forward end for the coxswain. The boats are built for comfort, and they accomplish the purpose ot their design, aa a passenger in rainy weather Is as completely protected as though he were In a closed cab; but. In case of accident while" thus securely lashed In, an expert swimmer provided with a Ufa belt has no possible chance of escape, even though tha boat sinks within easy swimming distance from th shore. He cannot even hope to be. heard If he crlea for help. Th moat dlstreaslng fea ture of thla accident la the probability that the alx unfortunate young midship men and the five members ot the crew were drowned like rats In a trap, and that If the boat Is ever locajted and raised they will be found Inside. These boats are tho laughing atockx of all navies, being unique of their kind. No other nation builds such "comfy" boats, or such poor sea boats. No other nation fits Its boats with a fixed canopy supported on an iron framework and covered with dozens of coata of paint. It haa been decided to plAce the United States ship Nebraska In commission. This event will take place on July 1, and to that end the crow of the Princeton and the men who have been assembled for the Nebraska will be transferred to the ship. No commanding officer of the Nebraska has yet been designated. Neither Is there nny Indication of who will be selected to the command of the South Dakota and North Dakota. PKKSUXAU NOTES. i Becaufe a New Tork man married a aplrlt medium hi relative ar trying to hav h'lm declared Insane. New York la eafe. Admiral Brans' bat tleship were theoretically sunk, having been hypothetical) hit. Andrew Carnegie haa donated $160,000 to Western Reserve university for the pur pose of enabling the Institution to pay Its professors larger salaries. Vivian M. Lewis, a young lawyer of Paterson, N. J., and a former newspaper man, has been named aa a candidate for governor of th tat of Nw Jersey by the Lincoln club of hi city. Among thoa American who hav en Joyed th freedom of Dublin, a privilege, about to be granted Richard Croker, were General Grant and P. A. Colllna, th lat ter, like Mr. Croker, being a native of County Cork. Th beat efforts of wlr tappera In daya gone by rarely secured mora than a sec tion of the booktiutkcr'a roll. New York authorltlea turned a trick In that gam surpassing In result. They tapped a wit and bagged staff and content of two flourlahlng pool rooms. John Hollla Bankhead, whose appoint ment a the successor of John Tyler Mor gan in the I'nlted Slates senate was In cumbent on Oovernor Comer, a a result of the operation of tha Alabama primary ystem. haa been out of congress only since the close of tha last session. For eighteen years prior to that time h waa continuously a member of th house. He 1 68 year of age, a native of Alabama, and an ex-confederate soldier. Health Insurance at little cost $1,000.00 reward anyone otance Injurious to the in fjalnmet Baking InrllV la a nrlme essential Calumet is madeonlyof pure, ingredients combined by skilled I and complies with the pure food laws of all states. It is the only high-grade Baking Powder on the market sold at i a moderate price. .fjalamet Baking Powder 'freely used with the certainty made with It contains no draff It Is chemically and makes 1 Food. B1SCOVERV OF THfl WEST. Impreaalons Eastern Tenderfeet Cmrry from th Tall Oman. I Wall Street Journal. ' The enthusiasm which tha traveler from the east brings back with him from the west often leads to th Impression that he has discovered something new. But quite the contrary la the case, because the dis covery of the west la as old as the Impulse which terminated In the voyage of Co lumbus to America, and as young as the latest return of a dweller In the east who has come back with the spirit of the west upon him. The fact Is that the west Is not so much the name of a geogrnphlcal locality aa of a temperamental attitude caused by as sociation with an energetic people who are more closely In contact with the soil than Is the- case In other parts of the world Here Is an empire of the open and free spirit which manifests itself to the new comer in a way that communicates Itself to him and sends him back to the east aa a missionary. The spirit of the weat la not easily as sayed. There Is a love of hard work In It, and readiness to work hand In hand, a de gree of pluck and strength of purpose, and a high measure of faith In the future, all of which figure constantly In laying the foundations and building aloft the structure of empire. The cast Is so different that the change from the east to the West, no matter how often It Is made, has the na ture of a voyage of discovery, during which new points of view, new facta of life, new appreciation of personal and buslnean forces are disclosed as fresh discoveries, unlike the things which belong to the mode of thought and methods of business In the east. Because of the Investment power which the west represents. It becomes more Im portant than ever for those whose lot Is cast In the eaat to partake occasionally of thla occldentatlon aa a means of under standing the western position and point of view. Thla position Is characterised by an increased financial Independence of the east, a more radical attitude en many of the newer public questions, and the disposition to select the better things from all sources. unhampered by limitations of tradition. This fact shows Itself In their institutional development aa well as In their business methods. The accumulation of western rceourees la beginning tol react directly upon the east. Western menvand western capital ar con stantly turning east for a wider field for their energies. Tha drift from the weat to the east la quit aa definite, though pos sibly not quite so large as that of the east to the west. After all, eaat' and west, north and south, are but so many great aapects of the same national life which need to b mingled to keep the provincial In ua from narrowing our vision, or from accepting tha illusion that a part la greater than the whole. FRAUDS IX THE MAILS. Great Vain of Frand Order In 9- preaslng Swindle. Baltimore American. In a recent Issue of tha North American Review, Secretary of the Treasury Cortel you makes a moat Impressive defense of the statutory power vested In th executive head of the Poatofflce department to lasue quick order for the suppression of fraud ulent scheme Insofar as such enterprise ar conducted by means of the United States mall. Ther have been numerous attempts to hav congress withdraw thla suppressive option from the postmaster general or to so modify his authority aa to deprive the existing law of lta chief value. The ex-poatraaster general makea It very plain, however, that tha real value ot the present law consists In the power which It confer upon the postal authori ties to act with imperative promptness. A right of appeal to the courts, if granted, would simply be In many Instances the granting to some fraudulent concern an opportunity to fleece th public during an extended period, made possible by the de lays and hindrances of the law. An In stance In Illustration Is given of an of fender, stopped by a fraud order In 1901, who kept his case dangling In the courts until 19U1 by successful appeals upon tech nicalities, and, though 'convicted and sen tenced In the latter year, has yet another appeal pending. The point ia, however, that lie haa bean kept from doing bualneas dur ing the extended court procedure by the "fraud order" which stopped him In IWi. The conferring of the power to Issue these fraud orders, of course, gives an Immensely important prerogative to on of the gov ernment departments. It la a aumraary power to atop certain forma of business, I The Value of It not to much ia whtJ is What word Is used more recklessly than GUARANTIED? What word can mean so little and yet so much? How often have you heard a salesman say "I Ol'A KANTEhl this" r I GUARANTEE that'' and paid as little attention to It a to th alghlng of the wind. And so th reliability of a guaran tee depends uuon who gives It. Integrity In dealing ana an Impregna ble financial standing -tli.se are th requirements to make a GUARANTKK convincing. Th sea' beach wasn't made by a single wave; the Arm wnit and collected there was tha work of years. So It la in th building up of a reputation for reliability. Th guar antee the Hospe store gives with every piano that goes out of Us house Is supported by year and year of square dealing, it has convinced others and will convince you. it stands on a ruck bottom foundation., It la the personal word of a store whose financial Strength cannot be queatloned. A. Hospe Company, On Pric. 1313 Douglaa GAIUMET ib BAKING POWDER 3w is offered to I for any sub- health found rowder. In frmA wholesome chemists. may be I that food I , harmful correct ure Wholesome and It has been plaualhly argued that suh a power might b unfairly us.il it u a sufficient answer to such a contention that "since the enactment of the rresent lcirW lation over 2.4O0 fraud orders have leen Is sued by the department, but In less than thirty cases has the propriety of the o-.w been challenged, and In none haa the rn;t held that It waa erroneous or tmwnr ranted." It Is fairly claimed that this r-c ord la of very great Importance In consid ering the advisability of withdrawing v-.n power. The record emphatically indli-sts that there has been no abuse of power rendering a change In legislation advisa ble or desirable. The department lias he. n careful to safeguard Its own action hy a most cautious exercise of the fraud order prerogative. It haa held to tne view that "In no case Is the branding of a business aa fraudulent, with resultant exclusion of Its correspondence and literature from the malls Justifiable, except upon complete and satisfactory evidence of Its Intentions." Many achemea which bear earmarks of he ing fraudulent the Postofflce depHrttnent la compelled to give the benefit of a doubt, because the evidence of fraud Is not suf ficiently tangible. There Is little room to doubt, however, that the authority which enables the post master general to act quickly and effec tively la an Immense check upon swindling devices. SMILIXQ LINES. "You mustn't Interrupt me when I'm talk ing, Kthel!" "Why, that's the only time I can Inter rupt you, mamma!" Yonlrur Statesman. "Do you think women ought to vote?" "I don't care whether they vote or not," answered Mr. Meek ton. rather teatlly. "But In th Interests of harmony they ought not to be encouraged to make speeche." Washington Star. "There Is no doubt that th president la a humorist." "What has he done now?" "Warned a gathering of newspaper men against the evil of swollen fortunes." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Jlgley Woodby tella me he haa bean working on his family tree of late. Knox 'Yes; it seems to keep bun pretty busy. ' Jlgley Rather tedious work, ehT Knox Yes. I believe be discovered a hanjrman'a noose on one of the branches and he's having soma trouble sawing It oft. Philadelphia Preas. that last novel of yours. How did it end happily T 'No, Naggus; it ended tragically. Th total sale were seventeen coplea. "-Chicago Tribune. "When a man stahta In makln' tro tibia,' said Uncle Kben, "he glta so he don' oar 'Km,. A a nrr,fit u lnnsr . he kn hflh da satisfaction of workln' overtime. " Wash ington Star. Young Wife Tom doe make auch ex treme statements. Mother-ln-Law In what way, dearT Young Wife He says If we want to get ahead I must toe the mark If I expoct him to foot the bills. Baltimore American. Tom I tell you, old mon, Miss Gabble certainly has got a pile of money. Why don't you propose to her? Dlca 1 ve started to ao u several umei. Tom What's the matter? Los your courage? Dick No, but I m never anie 10 ae. a word In edgewise, Philadelphia Press. THE ESCAPE. John Kendrlck Bangs In New York Sun. Oh, let us away to the countryside! Awav from the city's scenes of prld If pride It be that spura the race To toll and moll In maddest paco Away from the canons dark und deep. Where tollers never stop to sleep. Nor pause to rest, nor e'en to think, n.i. flit liUa. i.n.i'iri'1 on the brink Of death and sorrow, care and pain. All In the mad pursuit of gain! Cain! Is It gain to fill the purse With gold attaint with a demon curse? Oaln! Is it profit to pile up wealth Oot from an endless chain of stealth? Gain, when we stop to count the cost Of gold that's Won through a soul that s lOSt? nr. r.,,.u f brain, and brawn, ana heart! Conscience shredded and torn apart. Cast underfoot In the mire ana mm Of the sordid chase of tho money lust! ( Oh. let u away to the restful scene Where the air is pure ana ir..r B.- -.. And men. like birds upon the wing. Have not forgotten tne sons- ,r "'"" Where skies are broan as net-piy And every rill has a story true To breathe as on Its way u no Little romances 01 un r..-. And daisy mend ami Clover - . And fox and deer along the trait. .. . a,hl,r-rtnar nf the hf-ASS That softlv rustles throufih the Ireoa irlngs healtn 10 oiner, inn or Mops tn mm 01 jam ... here every nee inai num- n- , irnugn an me worn m in. -,i......n. . id every bud. and grassy blade, tat sees Its master's word obeyed. Vw.lirht In lowliest Clod. Tells of the loving hand of God! a Guarantee ta.id at in who says it W have a great sale on this week, making some extensive alterations In our store. W ar compelled tu re move our large stock and rather than to move It to-our warehouse we will sacrifice our profits and sell them so low that will move them to your home. We have th finest stock of pianos In the west and tills Is your oppor tunity to secure the greatest value for your money. Slightly used plunns from 176 up. New planus from V.'X, up. Square pianos from t& up. Used organ from M up. Sold on easy payments and each In strument sold with the A. Hospe guar antee from to 2u years. Today ours Is th largest, most suc cessful piano house In the west. Is not that sufficient proof that our Idea was right? 1s t that sufficient proof thai our guarantee I trusted? St. fio Commissi! f j 'A AN I